Sunday, 19 February 2012

And we're off! A whole new term starts at The Studio Challenges today, along with our 3 new team mates. We hope you will play along with us this week and check in on the fun challenges (& prizes!) we have in the months to come. Without further ado, we've got this week's challenge - which is to make a page inspired by this sketch from our very own Anna:

Here's how our team interpreted the sketch challenge:

Anna

I thought my sketch would go perfectly with the dotty cake a made for my sister-in-laws Birthday and it did!

Daphne

Fancy some buttons? I got lots of them - so why not use them on a layout!?For this sketch I used an old photo which was made in 2004, on our way back to the continent from the little island of Amrum in the North Sea, Germany. It's always hard to say good bye to that island but I love going back there some day!

Jan

Oh, how I love a simple sketch with clean lines! Love the playfulness of the circles. They reminded me of the way our new kitten, Lucky wraps his tail around himself. Added some cute felties to go with the punched scallop circles and cloth covered brads. A cheeky title was the final touch! ﻿

Jules

Love this sketch :D

Katherine

For this challenge I choose an older shot of my youngest which I had printed off recently. I realised that since I started scrapping after they were born I don't have that much of their early years and it has been lovely going back and sorting through the photos. So here is one of my favourite shots of him as a baby all snuggled up in his baby grow.

Valerie

I love working with sketches, especially clean & simple ones that leave lots of white space open for interpretation! As soon as I saw the circles in the sketch - I thought of this photo of my son and his Magic 8 Ball.

Are you inspired yet? Make a page and link up on the sidebar. You could take home the prize and be next month's guest designer at The Studio!

My name is Jan Tatomir. I am a card making scrapper from Michigan. I am a SAHM to 3 boys and a new kitten. :) I am a procrastinating perfectionist. I do my best work in a clean and simple style. I adore sketches. I hate to touch lunch meat. (just thought I'd throw that in there. ) ;) I'm looking forward to being a part of this talented Studio team!

My name is Katherine Sutton and I am married with two beautiful and energetic boys, the feature of many of my scrapbook pages. I stumbled upon scrapbooking in 2006 when my mother-in-law bought me a kit, and I fell in love with it. I love creating with paper, trying new techniques, making embellishments, mixing and matching colour and pattern….and that combined with capturing precious moment in my family’s life makes it even more enjoyable for me. One of my pleasures is seeing my kids and friends look through my albums and enjoy and reminisce about the moments in the pages. I am looking forward to joining in all the great challenges on the Studio blog and seeing all your creations.

My name is Daphne and I’m a German girl living in the UK. My husband Tobias and I settled down in rural Dorset and we have two cats. We all really love it here!

In 2004 I started with card making for our wedding, but I was more an occasional crafter. But when Tobias found a new job in the UK and we both moved there I discovered “proper” Scrapbooking!

It was Shimelle who introduced me to that craft in February 2010 in an online class – and I was totally hooked! Telling the stories behind the pictures, being creative with pretty paper and meeting other people to share the same passion is really fulfilling in these fast days!

To get inspired I love using sketches and other challenges I find on Pinterest, blogs or in forums. As we have no children, I also love taking pictures of plants, landscapes, flowers - and of our cats of course!

At the moment I’m working as a Childcare Assistant in an after-school club which allows me a few hours of creative work in the mornings!

I’m really excited to join the team at The Studio and hope I can inspire you with my ideas!

Sunday, 5 February 2012

Welcome to the new format here at The Studio! Amanda has decided to take a well earned rest for 6 months so myself (Anna), Jules and Valerie have taken over!! Watch out for new design team members next challenge but until then you will have to make do with the three of us!!

Today's challenge is, as it's nearly Valentine's day, scrap about love but without using hearts!

Anna

I went with a romantic feel to my page as the picture is from a family wedding, I don't miss having hearts on it though!

Jules

As my DH is extremely camera shy, I have to be a bit more inventive when I'm creating layouts about the two of us. I've used a photo of a rose on this layout as roses featured heavily at our wedding, and we have climbing roses that grow over our porch. The photo also acts as a pocket for some hidden journaling.

Valerie

I knew what photo I was going to use as soon as I saw this challenge. The photo in my layout was taken at Christmas a few years ago. I've had it printed for ages but never made it into a page. I love it because it reminds me of the special bond my mom has with my daughter.

the little envelope to the left holds some of my favorite photos of them together:

Please link up your layouts in the side bar for a chance to become next months guest designer! We can't wait to see what you create, happy scrapping!

Friday, 3 February 2012

We're a bit behind on announcing the winners so I thought we should tidy up the winners from last year so here are October and November's winners!
October's winner, winning the Old Type Embellishment Kit from The Make and Create Shop is Roula
Please email me with your details at: makeandcreate@hotmail.com
This is her beautiful layout:

August Challenge Entries - Ends 8th Sept.

July's Challenge Entries- Ends 11th August

June's Challenge Entries- Ends 14th July

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Welcome to The Studio Challenge blog! We run fun scrapbooking challenges and sketches every other Sunday of every month to inspire you. We are based in the UK. We are just for fun so there are no strict rules! We would love you to join in with us as we love seeing your creations and you could become our guest designer and could win an occasional prize. Just link your layouts up in the side bar to enter. Happy scrapping!